milestone, milepost
(noun) stone post at side of a road to show distances
Source: WordNet® 3.1
milepost (plural mileposts)
A post on a highway, often with one or more fingerposts, showing the distance in miles to nearby places
(rail transport) A sign or post beside a railway marking the distance from the (actual or nominal) start of a line (usually the principal terminus or junction with a more major line)
milepost (third-person singular simple present mileposts, present participle mileposting, simple past and past participle mileposted)
To place mileposts along (a road, etc.).
• polemist, postmile
Source: Wiktionary
Mile"post`, n.
Definition: A post, or one of a series of posts, set up to indicate spaces of a mile each or the distance in miles from a given place.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 April 2025
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
International Coffee Day (September 29) is an occasion to promote and celebrate coffee as a beverage, with events occurring in places across the world. A day to promote fair trade coffee and raise awareness for the coffee growers’ plight. Other countries celebrate this event on October 1.
